WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of Ohio cities and others hoping to stop foreclosure-related housing blight in the state have asked J.P. Morgan Chase for $200 million from a recent foreclosure-fraud settlement, hoping to use the money for demolition, preservation…Read more ›

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — In an attempt to fill empty, dilapidated homes spread throughout Cuyahoga County, theCleveland Restoration Society is partnering with First Federal Bank in Lakewood to provide buyers with low-interest loans for purchasing and renovations. The effort, dubbed the Heritage Home…Read more ›

The Cuyahoga Land Bank, Cuyahoga County Council and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald announced the “HomeFront Veterans Home Ownership Program” (“HomeFront”) today at a press conference in University Heights at the new home of Mr. Michael MacMillan Jr., his wife,…Read more ›

The Cuyahoga Land Bank acquires about 100 properties a month, which it assesses – after vacancy has been confirmed – in order to determine whether the property can be renovated or must be demolished. Assessments consider electrical, plumbing, HVAC, the…Read more ›

The Cuyahoga Land Bank has a total of 27 municipal agency agreements out of the 59 municipalities in Cuyahoga County. The agency agreements allow the Cuyahoga Land Bank to act as the agent for each Municipality to take action on…Read more ›

How about this for a recipe for success? Take one of the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s houses. Add in the youth of King’s Sons 820. Liberally seasoned with workforce development and character building, and in the end you have a renovated…Read more ›

On an early December morning, Cuyahoga Land Bank contractors began work to demolish a dilapidated 77,000 square foot structure for the future site of Heinen’s new food production plant in the City of Warrensville Heights. The demolition process included the…Read more ›